Aircraft Photo of 6855 | Douglas C-47B Dakota Mk.4 | South Africa - Air Force | AirHistory.net #810632
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:6855
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47B Dakota Mk.4
C/n (msn):32961/16213
Operator Titles:South Africa - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:SwartkopMap
Country:South Africa
Airport Codes:ICAO: FASK   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:February 1986
Photo from:Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID: 810632
Photo Comment

Delivered to the USAAF 28 March 1945 as 44-76629, to the RAF as KN483 3 April 1945, and 28 Sqd SAAF as 6881 6 October 1945. To Africair/Wenela Air Service 7 November 1953 first as ZS-DIV, then VP-YSN and A2-ZEN. Returned to the SAAF ca 1980 as the second 6855. Hit by surface to air missile in then South West Africa 1 May 1986, damaged and repaired. Partially converted to C-47TP December 1997, to Dodson Aviation as N914Q 14 July 1998, to Dodson International as ZS-OJJ 15 November 1999, later Rossair, Naturelink, Limpopo Air Service, UN Humanitarian Air Service. To Preferred Air Parts as N561PT 30 January 2017, to Missionary Flights International as the third N300MF 4 April 2025. Photographer unknown

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